Hello Paul,

could you tell us how many velocity layers Synchron Strings Pro comes with?

Hello,

I am planning to upgrade my current working computer (i9 6-core MacBook Pro 15") for better CPU performance and cooling, in order to avoid the jet sounding fans of my current MacBook Pro.

I use Cubase + VE Pro to compose quite large orchestral audio music (about 50 virtual instruments) and particularly during the recording phase, with a reduced buffer size, the CPU is largely engaged and VE Pro consumes the majority of its resources. 
I am looking at the new 2020 iMac with i9 10-core CPU but I am a little worried about the possible noise it can make, since it's using the same old single-fan cooling.

Is there anybody which is using the last year i9 8-core iMac and can tell me what's like the fan during virtual instruments MIDI recording? Did you encounter annoying fan noise?

Thanks :)

I have an update: it seems that this issue occurs most often when soloing one track only.
If I open the key editor for one single track and solo it, then dropouts occur, but if I un-solo it, no longer dropouts occur, at least in this simple test I am doing today

I noticed Ben posted hints about editing BIOS, dumping Cubase and other Windows-only related stuff.

For the rest of us that that are on Apple platform what should we do?
Thanks

Hello,

I have this same recurrent issue too with VE Pro 7 and Cubase 10.5.
I am using a MacBook Pro 15" mid 2018 and I noticed that if I close the lid and come back after several minutes, the issue pops up.

It is related to ALL of VSL Synchron and Synchronized libraries and with random articulations.
It is very annoying to keep closing and reopening the project all over again.
I never change the audio buffer size on Cubase during editing and the only opened apps are VE Pro 7 and Cubase, nothing else.

Please help us resolving this issue.

Many thanks in advance

I'd also like to have some info about that directly from VSL.

Do you expect to port your existing software to the new Apple Silicon platform?

Hi VladKo,

I have checked my output device and the left-right balance it at the center

Hi Paul,

I have chosen the "Default" one and deactivated all but the Condenser mic

Hi Paul,

thanks for your response.
I have just installed the Blüthner and its close mics all have the same left oriented panning.
Isn't it recorded in a different Synchron Stage hall with centered positioning? 

Hello,

I am having an issue with every Synchron Piano library.

If I try loading one single mic at a time and playing with headphones on, I can distinctly hear that the panning is not perfectly centered! It is always to the left, but never on the center and it's pretty annoying for playing live.
I tried changing multiple headphones but ended always with the same result.

That issue is particularly noticeable on the close mics (which should instead be perfectly centered).

Have anyone encountered this kind of problem?

What about the Fazioli F278 for the next Synchron Piano Library?

Great product, as always!

I am looking forward for the next great additions to Synchron Pianos... maybe a wonderful FAZIOLI???
Please :)

Hello,

I have just downloaded the AU3 Logic template but all of the tracks seem sharing more than they should.
For example I can't solo one single track only because as soon as I click the solo button in one track, automagically all of the other tracks solo button will activate too!
Moreover I can't set up a Scripter plugin in one track and a different Scripter plugin in another one, because the latest overwrite the first, so I can't make use of Scripter related software like AG Art Pro or similar.

Does somebody know how to overcome these issues?

Thanks in advance

Hello,

have anyone encountered issues with T2-equipped Macs?
I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2018 and often I get hangs and crashes with Cubase and VE Pro during bouncing.
Sometimes I even get clicks in bounced audio (!).
Have you ever get this kind of problems?

Thanks

Hello,

does anyone have any experience using VSL products with an i9 iMac 27"?
I usually work on Cubase projects of about 50 MIDI tracks connected to VI Pro and Synchron libraries together with MIR PRO and would like a Mac on which I could run and play them at a reasonable buffer size.
I have read on the web that this i9 iMac is really quiet, can you confirm that? I am very susceptible to fan noise, at the moment I am using a MacBook Pro which boost its fans at fuul blast almost everytime (!!).
Is a valid alternative to the much more expensive iMac Pro?

Many thanks in advance :)

Hello,

I'd like to upgrade my computer with a new Mac, can you help me?

Currently I'm using a MacBook Pro 15" mid 2018 with i9 6-core, 32GB RAM and internal NVMe SSD.
I work on Cubase MIDI projects and a single VE Pro instance with about 50 VSL instruments (both VI Pro and Synchron). The plugins I use are MIR Pro and Neutron 3 (on almost every instrument).
The problem is I have to raise VSL preload size (saturating RAM) and use the largest buffer size possible in Cubase to avoid dropouts, more over the Mac always heats up spinning the fan at full blast, very annoying!

Can you give me some advices on which desktop Mac to buy to improve my workflow?
I'd like a Mac that remains the quietest possible, so I'm looking at both the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. Is the i9 27" iMac a valid alternative? Does it heats up?

Do anyone have some experience on these machines?
What CPU should I choose? How many cores?

Many thanks in advance :)

Hello everyone,

does someone know if does exists some kind of software to replicate Cubase Expression Map in other DAWs also?
I tried the Logic Pro X built-in system, but that's not as flexible as Cubase, moreover it's not possible to show the articulation title into the MIDI scroller, only by color (>.<)

Thanks in advance

Hello Paul,

unfortunately nothing changed. I've had that same problem since I installed VE Pro 7.
Every now and then, during Cubase mixdown, VE Pro hangs and Cubase also. I have to kill both of them from macOS Activity Monitor and reload all again.
That's very frustrating because none of the software updates seems to resolve the issue and we are constantly losing an enormous amount of time to successfully complete a mixdown.

I can't keep going on like that, please help.

Thanks in advance

Hi civilization 3,

thanks for your input.
I disabled Spotlight Indexing and that reduced hangs almost completely!
I discovered that once allocated a large amount of RAM with VE Pro, Cubase bouncing still hangs when the music has plenty of instruments playing together.
Have you ever experienced such as that?

Thanks :)

Hello,

I'm experiencing a large amount of hangs when bouncing music from Cubase and VE PRO 7: after a few minutes both of them freeze and all I have to do is kill them from the activity monitor and starts again.
This happens quite often, even without doing any edit on the project.

My system is configured as follows:
• MacBook Pro 15" mid 2018 with i9-8950HK CPU
• 32GB RAM
• VSL instruments stored within the internal NVMe SSD
• macOS 10.14.5
• Cubase Pro 10.0.20
• VE Pro 7 at the latest version, configured with one unique VE Pro instance with VSL instruments only

I wrote to the support but they can't reproduce the issue.
Is there anyone experiencing the same? Anyone with similar problems with T2 equipped Mac?

Thanks in advance

Hello everyone,

I have the same exact problem (https://www.vsl.co.at/community/posts/t52259-VE-Pro-transport-control-doesn-t-work#post283642).
I have written to VSL Support and they told me they can't reproduce the issue.
Waiting for a solution.

Thanks

Hello everyone,

I've encountered an issue on my MacBook Pro 15" 2018: VE Pro transport control does nothing when Cubase 10 Pro is in background.
Both clicking it with the mouse or pressing the spacebar on the keyboard does not start/stop the playback from within VE Pro, while in Cubase it works perfectly.

Do anybody have a similar problem?
I tried reinstalling VE Pro and Cubase but the issue is still there.

Thanks in advance